Category Archives: Interests
BDS Movement: Cross Talk Interview with Omar Baddar
PITAPOLICY is proud that one of its Guest Contributors, Omar Baddar, was interviewed regarding the Boycotts, Divestments, and Sanctions Movement. What goals has the BDS movement achieved so far? Does it aim for a constructive solution to the conflict? How … Continue reading
Is the Popular Campaign to Drop Egypt’s Debt Right to Contest the IMF Loan?
PITAPOLICY has noted the debate involving the “Popular Campaign to Drop Egypt’s Debt”, which is actively contesting the IMF’s $3.2 billion dollar loan to Egypt scheduled to finalize by end of of Sunday. PITA-consumers: what are your thoughts? On a … Continue reading
Filed under Interests, Politics, Uncategorized
Please Retweet: We come in #Peace! #Listening #Seriously
PITAPOLICY is attending the 2012 Spring World Bank & IMF meetings and is grateful for being asked to participate in the Arab American Institute’s Emerging Leaders Training Day, April 19th–more on that in a future post. Observations of the IMF … Continue reading
Media on MENA Part 2: Media Freedom
#NAAPMM and Other PITA-Consuming Comments By: Mehrunisa Qayyum Media freedom varies across the pita-consuming region due to a) political culture (thanks Dr. Samer Shehata for providing great background on this subject during my Georgetown days); b) role of NGOs, c) … Continue reading
World trade: Redrawing the map
PITAPOLICY has concluded March with a technology review of the Arab Net Summit. During the entire month, we reviewed 1) where innovation is most prominent in the MENA region; 2) how women are somewhat represented in Science, Technology, Engineering & … Continue reading
Like Father, Like Son? Syria’s Political Prisoner Shares…
In addition to featuring technology in MENA pieces this month, every Sunday, PITAPOLICY tries to include updates regarding the Syrian developments. Political disappearances used to be a common tactic employed by the earlier Assad regime. Before Bashar Assad began the … Continue reading
Beyond the Laboratory…and Into Diplomacy
PITAPOLICY continues its focus on the “T” in PITA (Technology) by breaking down the problem of Technology Use & Knowledge Sharing regarding science and diplomacy. This week, Stanford University PhD Candidate, Daniel E. Armanios, shares an in-depth piece regarding opportunities … Continue reading
Filed under Analysis, Interests, Technology
March features Technology in MENA: Oman Entrepreneurial Jam
The Arabian Business Report identified the 100 Most Powerful Arab Women for 2012. Unfortunately, only 4 women from the Science & Technology sectors ranked in the top 100: Hayat Sindi, Science (#9 – US); Dr. Hessa Al-Jaber, IT/Telecoms (#30 – … Continue reading
